Renewable Energy News

RSS

Solexant Wins Award For Their Ultrathin Film Solar Power Technology

The editors of R and D Magazine have named Solexant Corp., developer of third-generation ultrathin-film PV technology, a winner of its 47th Annual R and D 100 Awards for the most technologically significant products

introduced in the past year

11 Aug 2009

Researchers Hope to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency With Nanotechnology

Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have developed a method to make more efficient solar cells

11 Aug 2009

NASA Forms Agreement to Make Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Breakthroughs Available for Commercial Use

An agreement has been formed between MSGI and NASA to commercialize various revolutionary technologies developed by NASA in the fields of nanotechnology and alternative energy

10 Aug 2009

Solar Power and Photovoltaics Market Analysis in New Reports

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research, today announced that it will roll out a new suite of reports to cover the rapidly growing solar and photovoltaics markets

10 Aug 2009

High School Teachers Go Back to University to Learn About Solar Cells

Seven high school teachers have enrolled in a course in solar cells, offered as part of MSU's Master of Science in Science Education program. The teachers spent a week at MSU, attending lectures and performing experiments in MSU's Montana Microfabrication Facility

10 Aug 2009

Solar Power to Help Power Nissan Electric Cars

Nissan's plan to build 5,000 short-haul electric cars with a range of 100 miles will get a boost from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The laboratory will help to provide a solar power infrastructure to relieve the nation's electric grid power supply

9 Aug 2009

Air Products Gets DoE Funding for Thin Film Solar Cells

Air Products has been selected to receive more than $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Program

7 Aug 2009

Solar Powered Day Care Center Opened by Dow Corning

Dow Corning today announced the opening of an anganwadi (daycare center) in the Indian village of Karde that features a 28-panel solar power system. This system generates enough electricity for cooling fans and proper lighting for the anganwadi and an adjacent school that previously had no power

6 Aug 2009

Student Works On An Energy Revolution Of Solar Powered Cars

Research is underway that is aimed at creating a thin, flexible organic solar cell that could power a tent or keep a car charged between trips to work and back home again

5 Aug 2009

Lotus Systems To Build Solar Cell Production Line in Germany

Lotus Systems has received an order from a large German solar cell manufacturer to install fully automated wet chemical process lines for cell production

5 Aug 2009